These two sides might meet again in the play-off final in a few weeks and if they do it promises to be a fabulous decider.

Long way to go before then but the Giants will take a lot of confidence from both performances this weekend and they got the win tonight they deserved.

After two tight, physical scoreless periods and conceding the first goal to Scott Allen, the Giants bounced back with the equaliser from Greg Printz.

Will Cullen’s penalty shot award will be debated but he finished well and then Daniel Tedesco gave the Giants some breathing room before Mark Cooper’s empty netter.

Another big plus for the Giants was the man of the match performance from Tyler Beskorowany.

Another regular season is in the books.

On to the play-offs and the home leg for the Giants will be next Saturday night.

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Mark Cooper with the empty netter is going to seal the win and send the majority of the crowd home happy

Terrific transition from the Giants.

Lovely drop pass from David Goodwin to Daniel Tedesco who buries the puck past Greenfield.

First time in two nights there has been more than a goal between the sides.

3.30 left in the game

Wow.

Will Cullen is tripped in the neutral zone when there would have been a breakaway but a long way from goal.

Referees confer and award penalty shot.

Cullen scores. Giants lead. 7 minutes left

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Steelers not ahead for long.

The Giants fighting spirit comes up trumps again as Greg Printz turns and fires the puck past Matthew Greenfield

12 minutes remaining

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And finally we have the opening goal and it’s gone the way of the Steelers.

Tyler Beskorowany made the first stop but couldn’t corral the rebound and Scott Allen slotted the puck home

Time to empty the tank in the final period of the regular season.

The Steelers are looking to finish an exceptional season with another W.

The Giants can take momentum into the play-offs with a big win over the champions…

Strap in for a thrilling 20 minutes.

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Sheffield had a little purple patch in the second half of the period and Tyler Beskorowany was called upon to make a series of good saves.

This could go either way in the final 20 minutes

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Been a little more caution to the play in the second period but the physicality continues to pick up.

The Giants carrying the better of the play but both sides are beginning to look tired.

Can the Giants keep up the intensity levels they showed in the first period?

Will Sheffield find their ‘A’ game?

Off we go for the middle session….

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Giants have done everything except score in the first period and that will be disappointing to coach Adam Keefe.

It’s good stuff with both sets of fans going back and forth with the chants and banter. Great atmosphere.

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Still scoreless but it’s the Giants with the better chances.

They are trying to get traffic in front of Matthew Greenfield and succeeding but so far no breakthrough.

After killing a penalty the Giants almost take the lead when Kohei Sato, who is giving the Steelers defence fits, sets up Sean Norris but Matthew Greenfield makes a good save.

Raucous start to the game.

The Giants bringing their physical play but concede a penalty shot.

Mikko Juusola denied by Tyler Beskorowany.

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Matthew Greenfield is back between the pipes for the Sheffield Steelers and returning to the Belfast Giants lineup tonight is Tyler Beskorowany.

The Giants are locked into third place in the standings and could meet Dundee, Fife, Coventry or Glasgow in the Play-off quarter-finals next week.

The Steelers are the number one seed off course and they also await their opponents.

When these two sides meet there is more than pride at stake.

We are underway at the SSE Arena in Belfast.

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It’s the final game of the regular season for the Giants and Steelers.

The first clash of the weekend doubleheader went the way of the Steelers in overtime and was a fantastic advert for the sport in the UK and played out on front of a crowd of over 7,300 raucous fans.

Both sides want to head into the play-offs next week on the back of a win. The Steelers are two-thirds of the way to the Grand Slam, an achievement the Giants celebrated last season and Adam Keefe’s side maybe one of the few teams capable of stopping the Sheffield juggernaut.

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